Akirra QuinnMs. Krug5/03/2017Highways of the Sea Lab ReportObjectiveThe main purpose of this lab is to map the locations where Nike shoes were lost and found at sea, to then identify the ocean currents that mayhave carried them.HypothesisIf an object in the ocean is encountered by an ocean current, then it willbe moved to a very different location.

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1.Current- a body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movementGyre- a ring-like system of ocean currents2.I can conclude that the general pathway of the shoes stayed in thesame general area.3.The shoes most likely encountered the North Pacific Current.4.The data point 32N, 132E is an outlier. This batch of shoes may have been encountered by an animal.5.A. The shoes traveled 35 kilometers. It took about 4 months for

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